Caterpillar Summer by Gullian McDunn
Biracial siblings connect with their estranged grandparents in Caterpillar Summer.
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Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
Home-schooled Emma learns a lot about classrooms and friendship “Because of the Rabbit.”
Beast Rider by Tony Johnson
Beast Rider offers a sympathetic take on the immigration issue through the experience of one Mexican boy.
Eventown by Corey Ann Haydn
Eventown is a place of forgetting, but how much forgetting does that take before you forget yourself?
*Forward Me Back to You by Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins’ latest novel takes two conflicted teens to India to confront human trafficking and challenges to their Christian faith.
Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
Naima loves to draw, but how can she use that gift to help her poor Bangladeshi family earn some much needed income?
*Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
Chiko and Tu Reh learn to face challenges and love their enemies in modern day, war-torn Burma in this realistic fiction novel for teens. Starred review.
*Pay Attention, Carter Jones by Gary Schmidt
To “pay attention” to the world around you is rule #1 of a life well lived, as this winning middle-grade novel shows